Twenty years on, South Africa is no longer a skunk of the world, a pariah state, but is now at the centre-stage as a valuable and respected global player. We achieved this thanks to our principled and independent foreign policy that is rooted in the plight of our continent, and supported by strong South-South cooperation, as well as partnership with the countries of the North, and our active participation in institutions of global governance. In the five years of this administration, we have taken these achievements to a higher level as we domesticated our foreign policy.

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